Over the past decade, neurodegenerative research and development has responsibly answered a foundational question: can we ...

Is lithium a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease? Lithium is nature’s lightest metal, enabling it to store energy at high density and discharge electrons rapidly. It powers our phones, laptops and ...

Alzheimer's disease is a kind of brain disease that progressively impairs thinking, behaviour, and memory. It is most prevalent in older adults, and people find it more difficult to carry out daily ...

A proposed bipartisan bill could make it easier to detect Alzheimer’s earlier, by expanding access to testing often blocked ...

A research team has, for the first time, identified at the cellular level why the olfactory system is the first to be damaged ...

The idea that herpes infections trigger or contribute to Alzheimer's disease has been gaining favor among some scientists, raising hope that herpes treatments could slow the progression of Alzheimer's ...

From financial woes to a declining sense of smell, issues that seem unrelated to memory can signal a dementia diagnosis in ...

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